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NVENTORS v Y WINSSES. M M @-Zm UNITED STATES PATENT EErcE.

ISRAEL DONALD BOYER AND EDITH E. L. BOYER, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO CLARK TBOYER, OF SAME PLACE.

LOCONIOTIVE TOY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 593,174, dated November 2, 1897. Application iiled December 1l, 1896. Serial No. 615,422. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ISRAEL DONALD BOYER and EDITH E. L. BOYER, citizens of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Locomotive Toys, of which improvement the following is a specification.

'The object of our invention is to provide a toy of this class which shall be free from the objections inherent in spring driven toys, which shall be simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, easy to operate, and not liable to get out of order.

It consists of a four-wheeled truck and a heavy inertia-wheel, the latter being xed to a shaft which has its sole bearings on the peripheries of the four running-wheels of the truck, so that any mot-ion imparted to theinertia-wheel will be transmitted through its shaft to the four runnin g-wheels of the truck, causing the truck to move over the iioor, or, vice versa, any motion given to the truck will be transmitted through its four runningwheels to the shaft of the inertia-wheel.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the toy complete. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan of the same. Fig. liis an end elevation of a modiiied construction. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the frame alone. Fig. 6 is an end elevation of the same. Fig. 'I' is a plan of the same. Fig. S is a view of one of the axles with the two wheels in section. Fig. 9 is an elevation and plan of the locking-bar or draft-rod.

The frame F is shown by itself in Figs. 5, G, and 7. It is a single piece of cast-iron having two notches b h on the under edge of each, side. These notches form bearings for the ends of the axles. In the center of the upper edge of each end is a depression d. There is also a vertical groove g in the outer face of cach end of the frame. The wheelsupon one of the axles are closer together than those upon the other axle, sumciently so to enable the two pairs of wheels to overlap when they are mounted in the frame. It is immaterial whether thc wheels be loose or tight upon the axles.

The various parts are assembled as follows: The axles, with their wheels upon them, are placed in proper position on the iioor and the frame let down upon them, the notches b b of thek frame slipping over the ends of the axles outside the wheels. By suitable manipulation the rod R is then slipped over one end of the frame, under the two axles, and over the other end of the frame. The hooks are then turned downward and gravity will keep them so, the rod lying in the two grooves d ci in the frame and serving to lock all the parts of the truck together. By turning the hooks upward the rod may be easily removed again andthe whole truck taken to pieces.

As the most suitable motor we employ the double-wheeled top illustrated in Fig. 2 of our application for patent on an improvement in spinning-tops filed December 7, 1896, Serial N o. 614,824. This top is shown in position on the truck in Figs. l, 2, and 3 of Ithis application. It consists, essentially, of two heavy-rimmed wheels fixed to a spindle near its ends and having an open handle loosely mounted on the spindle between them. ,A string permanently attached to the spindle within the open handle constitutes the lneans for imparting velocity to the heavy wheels. The top is held by the handle in one hand, while velocity is imparted with the other by pulling the string. The live top or motor, as we may now call it, is laid with the two projecting ends of its shaft resting in the angles formed by the peripheries of the two pairs of overlapping running-wheels of the truck. Thus the whole weight of the top comes upon the peripheries of the four running-wheels, and the motion of its spindle is communicated by friction to the running-wheels, which thus become driving-wheels and cause the truck to move over the iioor.

It will be noticed that between the axles the frame is arched upward, so as to come opposite the ends of the top-spindle as it lies in the angles of the runningwheels, thereby confining the spindle against endwise motion. Then run down, the motor may be removed, fresh velocit-y imparted to it, and then re placed on the truck as at first.

The motor may be recharged in another waynamely,by pushing or pulling the truck over the iioor-the motion of the runningwheels imparting velocity to the motor.

lVhen the pushing or pulling ceases, the truck will continue to advance until the motor is again run down, or directly after pushing the truck the motor may be removed by taking hold of the handle. When thus removed, it may be set upon its end on the floor, when it will spin as a top. Instead of lifting the top out it may be caused to spin on the floor by simply upsetting the vehicle. The relation of the truck and the motor is thus reciprocal.` Either' may drive the other.

As represented in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, W W are the wheels of the top; S, its spindle; Il, its handle; s, the string to spin it by. The handle is of a slightly different form from that illustrated in the previous application referred to above, but it is the same in principle. We consider this form better adapted to the purpose in hand.

A train of cars or other toys may be hitched to one of the hooks R and the motor will pull them like a locomotive, or the toy may be pulled over the iioor by a string attached to one of the hooks. In either case the rod will be pulled so that one of the hooks R will enter one of the grooves g in the end of the frame, as shown at the left-hand end in Figs. l and 3. These grooves are to prevent the rod from turning over, as it might otherwise occasionally do in case the strain of pulling should come upwardly on the hooks. y

We prefer to use the top fol` a motor and to have it removable from the truck because this gives a greater variety of ways of using the toy. A single wheel will do, however, and it may be confined to the truck by making flanges ff to project over the ends of its shaft, as shown in Fig. 4.

If desired, a hole h may be made through the shaft to permit the attachment of a strin g to impart velocity to the wheel.

With a single wheel it is desirable to make some minor changes in the construction-as, for instance, substituting the two rods R R' for the single rod R and making different provision for attaching cars or other toys.

The construction of the toy may be varied considerably without departing from the spirit of our invention. For instance, a top with two wheels is not necessary. A onewheeled top would do, but we prefer two wheels because it makes a more symmetrical construction and distributes thev weight more uniformly. Again, it is not necessary that the two pairs of running-wheels should voverlap each other, for .if the shaft of the inertiawheel `be large enough in diameter the adjacent wheels may lie in the same plane.

we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a toy vehicle; the combination of one or more axles each having a pair of runningwheels located near its outer ends and having a shoulder back of each running-wheel to prevent it from moving inwardly on the axle; a frame to pass outside of the running-wheels and having notches on its under side to pass over the projecting ends of the axles and form bearings therefor; a rod passing longitudinally along the vehicle, between the wheels and under the axles, and having its ends supported on the transverse members of the frame; means to prevent said rod from becomingaccidentally displaced; the whole construction being such that the rod prevents the frame from lifting o of the axles, while the frame connes both wheels and axles against endwise motion; substantially as specified.

. 2. In a toy vehicle, one. or more axles with their runnin g-wheels, a frame having notches on its under side to iit over the axles and form bearings therefor, a rod passing lon gitudinally along the vehicle between the wheels and under the axles and having its ends ,supported by the frame, means to prevent said rod from being accidentally displaced, all in combination substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

3. In a toy wagon, two pairs of wheels'with their axles; a frame having on the under side thereof four notches to t over the axles and form bearings therefor; a rod passing longitudinally along the wagon, below the wheels and under the axles and over the transverse members of the frame aty either end of the wagon; notches in said transverse end pieces of the frame to receive the said rod and prevent it from moving laterally; the ends of the rod bent downwardly; all in combination substantially in the manner and for the purpose specified.

4. In a toy wagon, two axles each having a pair of wheels thereon; a frame having on its underside four notches to fit over the axles and formbearings therefor; a. rod passing longitudinally along the wagon, between the wheels and under the axles, the two ends of the rod resting on the transverse members of the frame at either end of the wagon; means to prevent said rod from accidentally coming out of place; allin combination substantially in the manner and for the purpose v speciied.

5. In a locomotive toy, four runnin g-wheels arranged in two Vpairs near together and in such manner that the adjacent wheels form an angle in which a shaft may lie an inertiawheel fixed to a shaft, said shaft lying in the angle formed by the adjacent pairs of running-wheels; the whole in combination and i arranged to operate substantially in the manv ner and for the purpose specified. Having now described our invention, what 1 6. A locomotive toy consisting of a vehicle having four running-wheels arranged in two pairs near together and in such manner that IOS IIO

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the inertia-Wheel then toting as it motor and ro causing the .vehicle to move ahead substantially as specified.

ISRAEL DONALD BOYER. EDITH E. L. BOYER.

Witnesses:

VIRGINIA M. MURRAY, WILLIAM I-I. YOUNG. 

